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' Be it known' that I, MATTliEu( GORDON, of Washington, in the State of Iowa, have invented a. certain neng und useful Combined Cornstalk-Cut'ter, Cultivator, and Pulverizer; und I do hereby declare that the following; isnJ full, clear, and' exact description of the sume, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and marks thereon.

The drawings, forming part of this specification, show a cornstnlk-euttcr, cultirator, and pulveriser non.

= structcd under my invention- Figure 1 thereof being a side view,

Figure 2 a buck-end view, and,

Figure 3 alike end view with a part ofthe cylinders detached.

In each of these figures, like marks and letters are used to indicato likeA parts.

The frame, a, is so constructed that it may becontractcd or be widenedout. The plates o r strips, 6,0n the front and rear bars, c, which are divided, are connected to the bars by screws,- so that the plates may readily be detached, undthe sides of the frame and wheels, cl, bc'brought nearer to or placed further oii' from cach other.

The'u'heclsed'ure on thc bentends, 'eroi' t'h'erolls ehrs'ijjwhieh'hars pastifugiith'elam'pingplatesg, im

nilixcd to the frame-bar la, and up through the frame-bare' and platforrn j. ll'roxu the clamping-plate g to their upper ends, Athese rods fhnve screw-threads, sc that, by inoving the binding-nut k, tho jnw-nut l being loosened, v the wheels d may be raised or lowered,' and the machine be sct asdesired.

The shaft, m, of Athe cutter and tooth-cylinders has its bearings, it, on the lower part of the bar These can easily he detached, and the ends'of thcshaftrenioved from the bearings, so' that the cylinders can be taken ed and put on the shaft. l .v f A I Thercnre 'three cylinders, 0,21, and q.' The cylinders o and q have stalk-cutters, rfsnd cultivator-teeth or hoes, s. The cylinder p has the tectlror hoes only. When all the cylinders are on the shaft, the ,machine can be used asn stalk-cutter and plough andharron',thestalks being cleared from thc teeth by the clcarers t. When the centro cylinder, p, sleft on only, the'machinecanbe-used as a hoe or cultivator and pulvcrizcr of i the soil, and when the centre cylinder is rcrnoved, and tirent-her two, o and q, put on, the machine can be used for dressing or tending corn. i

In place of' vthe teeth shown by the drawings on the' centre cylinder, hoes or burrow-teeth maybe affixed to the cylinder, and the machine, with this cylinder only, be used for the garden as a hand-machine, or as a single corn-tender. A

The teeth are shown screwed into the cylinder, but any other suitable way of adixing the teeth may be substituted, und the machine may havemore than .the three cylinders, und rnay bev-made ofrany desirable dimensions. v

As shown by the drawings, the cutter und tooth-cylinders are ioosc on' the shaft, and are rotated on it,the shaft being stationary. The cylinders may', however, be aiixed to the shaft, so as te rotate with it. y

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-I- lhe cylinders o1; q, with cutters and teeth or hoesarrauged upon the shaft, and operated substantially as and for the purposes herein recited. l l i This specification signed, vthis 18th day of February, 1868.

' MAT'lI-IEW` GORDON. Witnesses: l

4 I IUGII Sm'ru,v J, M'. Duur. 

